This is the woman who will have to patch up US relations with Denmark: Donald Trump-appointed ambassador is former Bold and The Beautiful actress who donated hundreds of thousands to him and tweets conspiracy theories

Carla Sands, Trump's ambassador to Denmark is a former soap opera actress who took over her husband's venture capital firm when he died

She donated hundreds of thousands to Trump

Sands is in the spotlight with Trump's cancelation of his state visit to Denmark

Sands is part of the team picking up the diplomatic pieces after Trump's snub

In the 1980s she appeared on the daytime soap 'Bold and The Beautiful'

Donald Trump's ambassador to Denmark is a former soap opera actress who took over her husband's venture capital firm when he died and donated thousands to the president.

Carla Sands, 58, became the United States' top diplomat in Copenhagen in December 2017 - less than a year after the president took office.

Her tenure was a relatively quiet one - until Trump canceled his upcoming two-day visit to the northern European country after Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said his plan to buy Greenland was 'absurd.'

Ambassador Carla Sands introduced herself to the people of Denmark in a Facebook video

Trump appointed Sands ambassador to Denmark and she took over the role in December 2017

Sands touted her work with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in planning Trump's state visit

Sands will be part of the American team picking up the diplomatic pieces after Trump's snub of the small NATO ally.

But Trump's throwing the spotlight on Denmark also turned attention to the woman he picked to represent American interests there.

Sands, the widow of Los Angeles real estate titan Fred Sands, was a big Trump supporter in the 2016 campaign.

She served on his economic advisory committee, attended the Republican National Convention as a Trump delegate and hosted a fundraiser for him at her posh Bel Air mansion.

Personally, she maxed out in her donations to Trump's campaign: giving $5,400 to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc., and $250,000 to Trump Victory. She also donated $100,000 to his inaugural committee.

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It's not uncommon for presidents to award wealthy donors with the title of ambassador - a practice used by former Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and a number of their predecessors.

But Sands hasn't let her status as a diplomat stop her from expressing herself politically on social media.

In both her official U.S. Ambassador twitter account - @USAmbDenmark - and her personal @CarlaHSands account, there are retweets of articles from conservative news outlets such as the Daily Caller, criticism of the mainstream media, support of democracy in Hong Kong and tweets of her support for Israel.

Additionally, on her official ambassador account she retweeted articles from the Daily Caller featuring negative coverage of the Democrats challenging Trump for president.

On her personal account, she often retweets Trump favorites Representative Matt Gaetz, Team Trump (the Trump reelection campaign account), and Breitbart News.

She also promotes a number of conspiracy theories.

For example, she retweeted a tweet from Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton, featuring a clip of himself pushing a conspiracy theory that the Obama-led FBI spied on Trump's 2016 campaign.

Sands with her husband Fred Sands in Los Angeles in September 2005

Sands was an actress in the 1980s, appearing in 'The Bold and The Beautiful' and 'Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell' (above)

Sands' daughter Allie accompanied her to Denmark

Sands along side a rocket built of legos to celebrate the anniversary of Americans landing on the moon

She has tweeted a number of items from Praguer U - a group that pushes a right-wing perspective - including a tweet from the group that humans weren't responsible for global warming because they lived through 'the Roman Warm Period (warmer than today) the cooler Dark Ages the Medieval Warm period the Little Ice Age (which drove the Vikings out of Greenland) and a gradual 300-year warming.'

And she retweeted a hoax video from conservative commentator John Cardillo that claims to show black Americans attacking a white Trump supporter. The video has been debunked as two years old and there are questions if the white woman under attack is even a Trump supporter.

But Sands also appears to enjoy her time as ambassador - posting from her official account photos of her in official duties, including meeting with veterans, promoting U.S. interests, visiting Greenland, and preparing for Trump's now canceled state visit.

Sands was in Greenland last month as part of an official visit - although it's unlikely it was related to Trump's desire to purchase the world's largest island from Denmark.

She posted photos of herself meeting with residents and exploring the island.

Sands has visited Greenland in her role as Ambassador

Sands' twitter account features a number of retweets of conspiracy theories

'Pilluaritsi #Greenland on celebrating your National Day & the tenth anniversary of Greenlandic self-rule! I look forward to continuing our increased engagement with #KalaallitNunaat together with our GL Affairs Officer Sung Choi, strengthening people-to-people ties,' she wrote in June.

She also touted her work planning Trump's state visit.

'Excited to work with @Statsmin as we plan @POTUS Donald Trump's visit to the Kingdom of Denmark! Thank you Mette Frederiksen for your leadership and the Danish people for your great friendship! #dkpol #alliedstrong #partnershipsmatter,' she tweeted last week along with a photo of herself and Frederiksen.

Sands appeared to be caught off guard by Trump's cancellation.

He announced it in a tweet Tuesday night but, three hours earlier, she had tweeted the nation was excited about Trump's upcoming stop.

'Denmark is ready for the POTUS @realDonaldTrump visit! Partner, ally, friend,' she wrote.

Before joining Trump's administration as ambassador, Sands had a plethora of jobs.

She started her career as an actress in the 1980s - using her maiden name Carla Herd - and appeared in nine episodes of the daytime soap 'The Bold and the Beautiful' along with roles in the films 'Deathstalker and the Warriors from Hell' and 'Wild Zone.'

She also graduated from Life Chiropractic College - a school that lost its accreditation and is now Life University.

In 1990, she married Fred Sands. The millionaire real estate investor sold his firm to Coldwell Banker for more than $100 million in 2000 and then formed the Vintage Capital Group, which he ran until his sudden death from a stroke in October 2015.

Sands tweeted about her visit to Greenland

With his passing, Carla Sands took over the investment firm.

Fred Sands called Trump a 'joke' in July 2015 interview with The Jewish Journal.

'He likes the publicity because that's how he lives. He's not really a real estate guy. He licenses his name and surrounds himself with publicity. And he might show up in the polls right now, but that's going to go away,' he said at the time.

After their marriage, Carla Sands joined the Los Angeles charity scene.

She sat on a number of boards including the Blue Ribbon of the Los Angeles Music Center, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the California Cultural and Historical Endowment.

She was confirmed by the Senate as ambassador to Denmark in November 2017.

'Among my top priorities are people to people relations, defense and security cooperation, also trade and investment,' she said in a video posted to the embassy's Facebook page shortly after she arrived in the country.

She noted her teenage daughter Allie was joining her in Denmark and described herself as a philanthropist, investor, and art lover.

When Sands presented her credentials to Queen Margrethe II two years ago, she arrived for the ceremony in a horse-drawn carriage, wearing a long dark dress, fur coat and white gloves.

Sands replaced popular American Ambassador Rufus Gifford (right), who married his husband, Stephen DeVincent (left), at Copenhagen's city hall

She had big shoes to fill in the role.

Her predecessor was Obama's appointee Rufus Gifford, who was beloved by the Danish people after he started in the reality TV show 'I Am the Ambassador From America.'

Gifford was a regular on Danish news programs and married his husband, Stephen DeVincent, at Copenhagen's city hall.